English 9 Unit 1 Vocabulary

Imperialism

• Practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

• Policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or force

• A social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

colonialism

• shared beliefs, traditions

• A social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

• Practice of acquiring political control over a country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

eurocentric

• centered on Europe or the Europeans. A tendency to interpret the world in terms of European or Anglo-American values and experiences

• shared beliefs, traditions

• a social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

race

• country of origin or citizenship

• A social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

• study of race and ethnicity, as understood through the perspectives of major underrepresented racial groups in the United States

ethnicity

• quality of belonging to a population that shares the same national, racial, cultural, and tribal background

• shared beliefs, traditions

• country of origin, or citizenship

white supremacy

• A social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

• Shared beliefs; traditions

• social, economic, and political systems that collectively enable white people to maintain power over people of other races

Ethnic Studies

• Study of race and ethnicity, as understood through the perspectives of major underrepresented racial groups in the United States

• A social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

  
  

• Policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force

culture

• A social construct that suggests that people of the same ethnic origin have similar physical traits

• Shared beliefs; traditions

• Country of origin or citizenship

nationality

• Shared beliefs; traditions

• Practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

• Country of origin or citizenship

oppression

• A combination of prejudice and institutional power that creates a system that regularly and severely discriminates against some groups and benefits other groups

• Practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically

• Social, economic, and political systems that collectively enable white people to maintain power over people of other races